Infiniti will turn to turbocharged 4- and 6-cylinder engines, hybrids, full electrics

"And another one gone, and another one gone / Another one bites the dust"

Well, it looks as though the recently approved CAFE standards that aim to increase automobile fuel economy to 54.5mpg by 2025 have claimed another victim. Infiniti currently has V8 engine options available in its M luxury sedan, FX crossover, and QX sport utility vehicles, but that likely won't be the case in future iterations of those vehicles.

According to a report by AutoGuide, increasingly stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations mean that V8 engines are no longer on the table for Infiniti vehicles. V8 engines have traditionally been available in luxury vehicles as a symbol of prestige and power, but Infiniti will look to new ways to bring powerful engines to its lineup while still keeping fuel economy in check.

“I don’t think any car that is on Infiniti drawing boards from here onwards we should expect a V8 to be included in that plan,” Johan de Nysschen, Infiniti's global president.

For entry-level and mid-range models will also see a shift in available engines as well. Infiniti's current workhorse engine is the 3.7-liter “VQ” V6, but Nissan is also working on a turbocharged four-cylinder engine to deliver comparable power and vastly improved fuel economy.

Infiniti isn't the only luxury maker to drop a V8 engine from its lineup. When Lexus redesigned its mid-range GS sedan, it dropped the 4.6-liter V8 engine option and instead launched the vehicle with a 3.5-liter V6 and a 3.5-liter V6/performance hybrid model for those that want the power of a V8.

quote: You do realize CAFE has no impact on smog forming pollutants, right?

The hell it doesn't. If those cars in Bejing got double the milage, then they would be roughly burning half the fuel they currently do and produce a correspondingly less amount of pollutants. It is that simple.

As an auto enthusiast myself I feel a good deal of the arguments around CAFE. But as person living at this time, there is a bigger picture that I cannot ignore. Just like a little kid must learn you cannot have pizza at every meal, we as a society must adjust to a reality that we must adjust our transportation needs and wants to achieve a better future. A future that we all say we want for our nation and the world in general. The challenges of CAFE and crash standards force the industry to move forward rather then just responding to the fashion trends of a largely uneducated and uncaring marketplace. As a bonus, think how sweet that pizza is going to taste when it isn't eaten every day.

Confusing efficiency with pollution is flawed. I know what you're trying to say, but it's wrong.

The most fuel efficient ICE car in the world will pollute like crazy if you remove it's emissions controls and exhaust system.

quote: As an auto enthusiast myself I feel a good deal of the arguments around CAFE. But as person living at this time, there is a bigger picture that I cannot ignore. Just like a little kid must learn you cannot have pizza at every meal, we as a society must adjust to a reality that we must adjust our transportation needs and wants to achieve a better future.

And that's how the slow slide to a Collectivist fascist state begins. With the "greater good".

Sigh, sad. Sad how easy it is to rationalize it.

Look around the world. The pizza isn't getting sweeter or more tasty. Collectivism is destroying entire societies. And ours is next.

You are joking, right? The generations of Americans in the early 20th century were all about "the greater good". They signed up in droves to protect the U.S. through two world wars, and in peacetime people knew that their job had a valuable contribution to society from garbage man to CEO. It wasn't shameful to be blue collar, like the university push of today might have you believe.

You're honestly comparing enlisting in the military to the obvious point of my post? Those men volunteered!! How is that comparable to Government MANDATES for the so-called "greater good"?

Those same men you are talking about were so against Collectivism it's not even funny. They signed up in droves to FIGHT IT! What the hell do you think WW2 and defeating those fascist dictatorships was all about you idiot.

He does have a point here Warren. Volunteering and being forced are polar opposites. Sh!t, we could make this much easier by making the populace slaves of the government. Oh we can't do that because then we couldn't them of their money. Ok, indentured servants then. Nope! paychecks are big enough. How about making people THINK they are free while leaving them just enough rights to continue that fallacy. That way they'll still work and we (the government) can take most of their money away for BS AND they'll like it.

Yeah let me tell ya something, my late grandfather didn't fight on the Eastern front in WW2 so someone could tell him what he can put in his driveway. Or so he could be forced to pay for everyone's healthcare. No goddamn way!!